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>>fancy_+(OP)
The strangest part to me about the current trends: why do all these business leaders all do the same things at the same time? E.g. Layoffs + micromanagement + cost focus etc... Is this truly about macroeconomic forces that every business is responding to? Or is it just following the latest fad?

There seems to be significant opportunity to zig as others zag. Imagine the Intel letter saying "we are going to take advantage of the current hiring environment to scoop up talent, and push forward on initiatives."

>>johnga+ec
A video went viral a few years ago that showed that the majority of outstanding stock market shares are owned by big equity firms. And those firms, in turn, own large chunks of each other. And if you carry this recursion out a few iterations, the largest equity firm essentially owns everything.